I’m doing a cake buffet instead of a traditional stacked wedding cake and it’s absolutely saving me money! The baker I’m using charges $40 for each 10″ cake which serves up to 14-20 people. That’s somewhere between $2 and $3 a slice! Plus I get to pick different flavors for each of the cakes and don’t have to pay a delivery fee because transporting them isn’t a huge scary issue.

But you could definitely do a mix of things too! Some layer cakes with different pastries, cookies, pies etc. Find a bakery as opposed to a person who only does wedding cakes and you’ll have a lot more options.

For my sister’s wedding, we are doing cupcakes and having a single tier for the cake cutting. At first my sister and her Fiance were going to bake the cupcakes themselves but they did a trial run to see how long it would take to make 200 cupcakes and came to their senses =)

I think the cost would be the same if you did gourmet cupcakes. They just plan on doing regular grocery store cupcakes in a combination of chocolate, regular yellow cake, and red velvet. I am going to have to ask my sister what the final cost came to. They have a grocery store chain there called Farm Fresh that’s pretty good.

@JamaicaBride: Hmmm. I checked with a bakery and it was cheaper . . . but I would need to order more than one per person so it comes out just a bit less expensive. I love the idea of cupcakes though. They are so delicious!

We’re having a “normal” wedding cake that smaller (70 slices) and then supplementing that with a sheet cake that will be held back in the kitchen. That way no one realizes that our wedding cake wasn’t big enough to feed everyone and we pay waaay less. (Sheet cake is only $1/slice!)

I hate cake from bakeries! I don’t know what it is, but to me they all taste the same. We are doing a small traditional cake and then serving from sheet cakes in the kitchen. Our venue is also doing a small assortment of mini pastries and chocolate covered strawberries at each table. We’d love to do a dessert buffet, but our venue wants an extra $10 per head for that (which would include cakes, cheescakes, mini pastries, etc.)